Overview

This two-day course covers the General Conditions of Contract for Construction Works 3rd Edition 2015, popularly known as the “GCC 2015”.

Since the publication of its first predecessor in 1958, the GCC 2015 has been setting the highest standards for South African construction contracts. Its superb coverage of contractual affairs addresses the many complicated aspects of contracting. The balancing of risks between an Employer and a Contractor is its strongest feature alongside its prescripts for the resolution of disputes.

The GCC 2015 is suitable for projects where a registered professional from the built environment fulfils an authoritative role in the construction process. Such a person is usually an ECSA-registered Professional Engineer, or a registered Architect, Quantity Surveyor or another registered professional fulfilling the role of an Employer’s Agent in a professional capacity.

The GCC 2015 covers the best practices of modern-day international standard forms of construction contract for projects designed by an Employer or a consulting engineer. The GCC 2015 is suitable for use as a fixed-price or re-measurement contract and can be used as a fixed-price contract.

The course covers the fundamental theory of contracts and is supplemented by court judgements where disputes went to court.

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• The GCC 2015 has built a strong reputation as one of the most popular, easy to use, standard forms of contract in the construction industry in South Africa
• The presentations are in simple language, easy to understand and a course workbook is provided with over 300 slides

Outcomes

On completion of this course, a delegate will:

• Be aware of the legislative requirements for contracts, including health and safety
• Understand the powers, obligations, privileges, functions, and duties of the parties including those of the Contractor, Employer's Agent, and Employer
• Be aware of how procedures for payments, variation orders, instructions, claims, inflation, and the like are applied
• Be aware of how dispute resolution mechanisms operate 

Program Outline

• Fundamental concepts of contract law
• Legislative requirements for a construction contract
• Components of a construction contract
• The various professions under the CBE
• Conditions of Contract
• Clause 1: Definitions
• Clause 2: Basis of the contract: Site Inspection, Health and Safety and other basics
• Clause 3: Employer's Agent and the Professional Services Agreement
  
  • Important forms
  • Other forms
• Clause 4: Contractor
  
  • Main Contractor
  • Subcontractors
• Clause 5: Time
  
  • Time bars
  • Time calculations
  • Time periods
• Clause 6: Payment
  
  • Guarantees
  • Monthly payment certificates
  • Variation Orders
  • Contract Price Adjustment
  • Penalties
• Clause 7: Quality
• Clause 8: Risk
• Clause 9: Termination
• Clause 10: Claims and Disputes
  
  • Claims
  • Disputes
  • Amicable settlement
  • Adjudication
  • Arbitration
  • The court

Who Should Attend?

• Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Construction Managers, Consulting engineers, Environmental specialists,
• Lawyers, Advocates, Legal Counsel, Arbitrators, Adjudicators, Mediators,
• Contractors / Sub Contractors
• Construction Health and Safety Practitioners, Quality Managers.
• Executives / Senior Management, Professional Indemnity Insurers,
• Middle Management and Administrative staff,
• Designers and Support Staff